Hook-and-eye fastener



s. w. Yams.

HOOK AND EYE FASJENER.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. 16, m5. RENEWED'APR. 14, 1920.

1,340,858. v v Patented ma 18,1920.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL WM. YEATS, OF MONROVIA, CALIFORNIA.

HOOK-AND-EYE FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 18, 1920.

Application filed. December 16, 1915, Serial No. 67,249. Renewed. April14, 1920. Serial No. 373,989.

1%) all whom it may cancer-n Be it known that I, SAMUEL VVILLIAM Years,a citizen of the Jnited States, residing at Monrovia, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Hook-and-Eye Fasteners, of which the fol lowing is aspecification.

This invention pertains to fasteners for garments, of the class known ashook and eye fasteners, and is designed as an improvement on the devicesnow in use.

An object of the invention is to provide a hook-and-eye fastener whichmay be quickly applied to one or more pieces of cloth and secure theedges thereof in a neat and eiiicient manner.

Other objects are to provide a fastener which is cheap, durable, andpractical, and which may be easy to attach and detach from any material,and which can be reused a number of times without destroying theefficiencynf the fastener.

Another object is to provide a fastener of the hook-and-eye class whichwill remain in the hooked position under all ordinary conditions of use.

Another object is to provide a device which is adapted to secure tents,and awnings, and to suspend small articles from the wall.

I attain these objects 'y providing a pair of hooks one of which isshaped so as to constitute an eye for the other, the hooks being readilyattachable to any cloth fabric or similar material, the preferred formbeing of spring wire.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l is a plan view of a fastenerconstructed .in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2, is a sideelevation of the same. Fig. 3 shows a cloth fragment with the edgessecured with the fastener shown in Fig. 1.

In the forms shown in Figs. 1, 3, each part is formed with a single runof wire, the eye part 11, formed by a loop ending in sharp opposedprongs 12 for attachment to a cloth fabric. The hook portion 13 hassimilar prongs 14, and the head 15 is so shaped that it cannot becomedetached from the part 11. The parts are secured together by turning thehook 13 at a right angle with the eye and passing the hook therethrough.

Fig. 3 shows the fastener applied to cloth fragments a, b. To apply thefastener the cloth is pinched to form a small loop therein which ispassed between the prongs of the part to be attached, and then the clothis drawn fiat.

In the device shown, the parts are bent slightly at the tips, so thatwhen attached to the cloth fabric, the cloth will lie smooth and notwrinkle. The hook portion has a T-shaped head, and is contracted at themiddle to form a neck, the parts so interlocking that they must beturned at a substantially right angle for fastening and unfastening.

While simple and efficient means are herein provided for accomplishingthe objects of the invention and the elements shown and described arewell adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended, it is tobe understood that no limitation is made to the precise constructionshown in the drawings but that various changes, alterations, andmodifications, may be made which do not depart from the spirit of theinvention, the essence of the invention consisting of a hook member andan eye member, each shaped to interlock with the other and not toreadily come apart when in the locked position, and each member beingeasily attachable and detachable from a cloth fabric.

I claim:

In combination, a pair of interlocking members, each having a contractedneck, a spring loop, a T-head, and opposed prongs in close proximity forattaching to a cloth fabric, said members being each formed of a singlerun of wire formed with angular turns, and said loops being bent at thetip so that the cloth fabric shall be smooth in the locked positionof-said interlocking members; the members being tilted to look.

In testimony whereof I hereto affix my signature, this 8th day ofDecember, in the year 1915.

SAMUEL WM. YEATS. WVitnesses:

LEE EIoHoL'rz, J. B. MILHOUSE.

